Friday, September 17, 2010
Australian Disability + Development Consortium
(L-R) Theresa Christine De La Torre, Director of De La Salle-Collegeof Saint Benilde Center for Educational Access and Development;Bernadette Cariaga Disabilities (Gender and Human Rights0 Focal Personof Aus Aid, Rex Bernardo, Faculty and Research Director of MabiniColleges, Daet, Camarines Sur; Giselle Montero, Director for DLS-CSBSchool of Deaf Education and Applied Studies Center for Partnershipand Development and Marissa Bernardo, wife and partner of Rex Bernardoall attended the Australian Disability + Development Consortium. Theinternational conference held in Darwin, Australia last September14-17 is attended by over 100 leaders, service providers, educators,funders of people with disabilities and their organizations fromAustralia, Pacific island and Asia. With the theme, “Implementingdisability-inclusive development in the Pacific and Aisa: reviewingprogress, planning the future”, the team aims to work together andpartner with organizations to bring the issue of inclusion and accessto Filipinos with disabilities to the forefront.
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